Differential effects of caspase inhibitors on the renal dysfunction and injury caused by ischemia-reperfusion of the rat kidney.
In: European journal of pharmacology, Jg. 503 (2004-10-25), Heft 1-3, S. 173-83
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Caspase activation has been implicated in the development of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Here, we investigate the effects of different caspase inhibitors on the renal dysfunction and injury caused by ischemia-reperfusion of the rat kidney. Bilateral clamping of renal pedicles (45 min) followed by reperfusion (6 h) caused significant renal dysfunction and marked renal injury. Caspase-1 inhibitor II (N-acetyl-L-tyrosyl-L-valyl-N-[(1S)-1-(carboxymethyl)-3-chloro-2-oxo-propyl]-L-alaninamide, Ac-YVAD-CMK, 3 mg/kg, administered i.p.) significantly reduced biochemical and histological evidence of renal dysfunction and injury. However, although caspase-3 inhibitor I (N-acetyl-L-aspartyl-L-glutamyl-N-(2-carboxyl-1-formylethyl]-L-valinamide, Ac-DEVD-CHO, 3 mg/kg, administered i.p.) produced a significant improvement of renal (glomerular) dysfunction (reduction of serum creatinine levels), it was not able to reduce tubular dysfunction and injury. Furthermore, the pan-caspase inhibitor caspase inhibitor III (N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-aspartyl(OMe)-fluoromethylketone, Boc-D-FMK, 3 mg/kg, administered i.p.) did not reduce renal dysfunction and injury. Both caspase-1 and -3 inhibitors markedly reduced the evidence of oxidative and nitrosative stress in rat kidneys subjected to ischemia-reperfusion. Overall, these results demonstrate that inhibition of caspase-1 reduces renal ischemia-reperfusion injury to a greater extent than caspase-3 inhibition, supporting the notion that the mode of acute cell death in our model of renal ischemia-reperfusion is primarily via necrosis. Furthermore, our finding that a pan-caspase inhibitor did not reduce the renal dysfunction and injury suggests that activation of some caspases during ischemia-reperfusion could provide protection against acute ischemic renal injury. Overall, these results demonstrate that inhibition of caspase-1 activity reduces renal ischemia-reperfusion injury and that this therapeutic strategy may be of benefit against ischemic acute renal failure.
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Differential effects of caspase inhibitors on the renal dysfunction and injury caused by ischemia-reperfusion of the rat kidney.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Chatterjee, PK ; Todorovic, Z ; Sivarajah, A ; Mota-Filipe, H ; Brown, PA ; Stewart, KN ; Cuzzocrea, S ; Thiemermann, C |
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Zeitschrift: | European journal of pharmacology, Jg. 503 (2004-10-25), Heft 1-3, S. 173-83 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2005- : Amsterdam : Elsevier Science ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Amsterdam, North Holland Pub. Co., 2004 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0014-2999 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.09.025 |
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